Tribe Anthidiini includes 4 related genera of striped bees in the family Megachilidae. Both Vermont's Wool Carder Bees are introduced, the Northern Rotund-Resin Bee (Anthidiellum notatum) and the Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee (Paranthidium jugatorium) are both uncommon native bees.

The Cuckoo Carder Bees (Stelis) are technically in this same tribe, but covered on their own page here.

Oblong Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium oblongatum

European Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

Northern Rotund-resin Bee

Anthidiellum notatum

Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee

Paranthidium jugatorium

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Genus level ID

See also: Nomada tiftonensis

Species Accounts

Sunflower Burrowing-Resin Bee (Paranthidium jugatorium) – .

European Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum) –

Oblong Woolcarder Bee (Anthidium oblongatum) –

Northern Rotund-resin Bee (Anthidiellum notatum) –

Other Possible Anthidiini

Northeastern Pebble Bee

Dianthidium simile

European Small-Woolcarder

Pseudoanthidium nanum © Dimitǎr Boevski

Florentine Wool-carder Bee

Anthidium florentinum © juanvi

Louisiana Painted-Dark Bee

Stelis louisae

European Small-Woolcarder (Pseudoanthidium nanum) – A safe bet that it shows up in VT by 2025

Florentine Wool-carder Bee (Anthidium florentinum)

Northeastern Pebble Bee (Dianthidium simile)

Unless otherwise specified, photos are courtesy of Margarita Miklasevskaja at PCYU with funding from NSERC-CANPOLIN.

Please note that many of our datasets have not been published yet, so the maps are incomplete.